Print buying

Royal Mail shares leap 36% as CWU blasts 'greedy' private investors

Royal Mail shares began conditional trading this morning at 450p, up more than 36% on their 330p offer price.

Clays feeling v red faced and like a right Rodney over Bridget Jones mix-up

A production error at St Ives Clays resulted in yesterday's most-read story on the BBC website.

Jamie Cullum indulges his passion for typography with The Eighty-Eight

Popular jazz singer-songwriter Jamie Cullum has launched his own "occasional" magazine, <i>The Eighty-Eight</i>, with the help of Shropshire-based printer Precision Colour Printing (PCP).

Haymarket contract renewal seals 50-year partnership with Wyndeham

Wyndeham Group has renewed a printing contract with its longest standing client, Haymarket Media Group, until December 2017, taking the relationship between printer and publisher to 50 years.

Printers speed date buyers at IPIA event

Print was hailed as a "crucial part of the mix" again and no longer the "poor relation" of e-comms at last week's conference of the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA).

Communisis director Singh leaves in reshuffle

Communisis group business development director Gurdev Singh has left the company amid a reshuffle of its senior sales staff.

Aspenlink hit with prohibition notices following accident

Essex-based paper converter and flexographic printer Aspenlink has been ordered to stop work on three of its machines by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).

Archant chairman Richard Jewson to retire

Archant chairman Richard Jewson will retire at the end of 2013.

Manroland Sheetfed gets first UK press order from fashion in-plant

Manroland Sheetfed has taken its first UK press order since its administration and sale to Langley Holdings in March 2012, from Derbyshire-based fashion house David Nieper.